Skype in the Classroom, which has been in beta since December, is finally rolling out of the trial phase. It is a video networking service for educators worldwide, allowing them to work with other teachers overseas via video. The service was developed "in response to, and in consultation with, the growing number of teachers using ...

Google is directly competing with Facebook now that it deploys its own version of the iconic “Like” button they dub as “plus-one”. It encourages people to be more social, allowing users to vote on relevant searches and share predilection over Gchat, Gmail, Google Reader, Buzz and etc., and soon, Twitter. Searchers will be able to ...

The catastrophe that hit Japan has virtually all kinds of casualties, more notably lives. It would take months, if not years of recovery before the affected area can get back to its feet. Those who have survived the earthquake, as well as those outside the country, have been making efforts to help the country recuperate ...

Having to learn some financial skills felt like such burden to us at one point in our lives as kids. Luckily, children of today’s generation won’t have to sit through some really boring math like we did with Mint.com’s newest game called “Quest for Money”. It helps young people develop good money management skills, providing ...

Still desperate to carry the fight in the tablet pitch, HP inked an agreement with application development agency Grapple Mobile to enable their clients’ brands, businesses and agencies develop application for the HP TouchPad. Grapple marks the first developer to ever build applications on TouchPad, and also the world’s first agency to be embedding it ...

Following the success of Menuism.com’s first ever charitable giving campaign with San Francisco Food Bank, raising a total of 15,000 meals, it is on its second drive with Feeding Hunger: Chicago, a yet another endeavor that will utilize social media for a good cause.

Athlete-centric application developer Strava today announced the availability of its first ever iPhone app at iTunes. It’s also marking the first fitness application that allows users to compare results on climbs and sprints with other users on their iPhone. It turns out you don’t have to gather to compete.

eBay today announced a plan to acquire GSI Commerce at $29.25 per share, or for $2.4 billion in cash and debt. This marks eBays second biggest acquisition to date as it tries to handle e-commerce set up for other large retailers and brands in opposition to Amazon who’s trying to compete with these retailers. "These ...

American Express is going to change the way users spend as they offer digital payments in a service dubbed as Serve. It’s not the first time we’ve heard of digital payment since Paypal and Visa offer such a service, as well as Google for partnering with MasterCard and Citigroup. However, American Express is going to ...

Obviously unhappy with Android Market’s lack of in-app purchases, Google announced Thursday that they will launch an in-app billing. For now, they are giving developers the ability to test the feature along with the application-- but uploads cannot be published till next week. Google has released a developer documentation with information on how to get ...